Victorian firies to vote on pay deals

The United Firefighters Union has called a special meeting of members to endorse the contentious CFA pay deal and an MFB deal.

The protracted battle over the CFA deal has gone for more than 1000 days and claimed the scalps of a cabinet minister, the CFA board and two of its chiefs.

A Supreme Court agreement between the CFA and Volunteer Fire Brigades Victoria to delay a vote on the deal ended on Wednesday.

The UFU will hold a meeting on July 26 at the Victoria Trades Hall in Carlton.

According to a notice published on the union's website, members will be asked to endorse in principal proposed operational staffing agreements for both the CFA and MFB.

The VFBV took the matter to court last month when the Andrews government tried ramming the deal through.

Emergency services minister Jane Garrett resigned and - despite the VFBV successfully getting a Supreme Court injunction preventing the vote - the CFA board was sacked because it repeatedly refused to back the deal over concerns it gave too much power to the United Firefighters Union.